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Metal bolt in loaf of bread—appeared to have been baked in
loaf—legal proceedings instituted—defendant fined £20 with
£7 costs.
Part of insect (cockroach) found in bread roll—legal proceedings
instituted—defendant fined £10 with £7 costs.
Oil deposit in loaf of bread—Public Analyst of opinion oil
contamination after baking — warning letter sent to bakery
firm.
Foreign matter in slices of bread — consisted of wheat bran
mixed with dough—in Public Analyst's opinion, baked in bread
—warning letter sent to bakery firm.
Cake.
Glass in currant slices—in Public Analyst's opinion, baked in
cake—legal proceedings instituted—defendant fined £10.
Chicken Roll.
Slices of chicken roll submitted were found to contain portions
of a fly and in the Public Analyst's opinion, had been incorporated
during the manufacture and before slicing—legal proceedings
instituted—defendant fined £10 with £7 costs.
Corned Beef.
Opened 7 oz. can containing foreign matter (dirt, vegetable
tissue, sandy matter, and compounds of iron). The can was of
foreign origin; warning letters sent to importers and vendors.
Currants.
Found to contain insect larvae and frass—warning letter sent
to vendor.
Milk (6).
Dirty one pint bottle of milk containing foreign matter consisting
of dry milk solids which had turned sour—informal
action taken.
Dirty one pint bottle of milk containing mould growth—legal
proceedings instituted—defendant fined £10 with £7 costs.
Dirty one pint bottle of milk—foreign matter in bottle consisted
of sandy cement—legal proceedings instituted—defendant
fined £10 with £7 costs.
Foreign matter in one pint bottle of milk—Public Analyst
reported matter consisted of portions of house flies—informal
action taken.
Glass in one pint bottle of milk—informal action taken.
Dirty one pint bottle of milk—rust etchings on inside surface—
informal action taken.
Oranges.
One whole orange and part of another contained brown insect
larvae—identified as fruit fly larvae, which were probably
present in the flower before the fruit was formed—informal
action taken.
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